Synopsis

Plot

The episode begins with Richard, Anais, and Gumball sitting on the couch watching television. Anais notices that her brother smells odd and is covered in cheese, so she asks him about it. Gumball then tells her all about his fun day with Tina, where she held him upside-down in order to take his lunch money, tore his homework to shreds, and shoved his face into his lunch.

Anais tells Gumball that he is being bullied, so she calls Tina and threatens her to quit picking on him. However, Tina misunderstands her and believes that she is challenging Gumball to fight her, so she schedules a fight between her and Gumball after school the next day. Gumball is horrified at the thought, so Richard decides to take him out back and share an old fighting technique of his with him; The Bunny Hop.

Richard attempts to demonstrate the Bunny Hop to his son by asking him to pretend to be a bully for him. As part of his demonstration, Richard curls up into a ball and throws his lunch money and his lunch at Gumball. For the second phase of the Bunny Hop, Richard hops around making an odd noise with his mouth, before running into a wall and passing out. Anais recommends that Gumball should seek help from a real adult instead.

The next day, Gumball and Anais visit Mr. Small's office for assistance with Gumball's bullying problem. They attempt to explain the issue to him, but as soon as they mention Tina Rex all the colour is drained from Mr. Small and he shoves them out the door and informs them not to mention that they saw him.

Outside, Tobias and some other kids are discussing the upcoming fight between Tina and Gumball and declaring it to be the best fight ever. Anais disproves of this behaviour and tries to convince the others that bullying is wrong, but she soon gets carried away (literally) and is unable to assist Gumball.

Just as Anais leaves, Darwin comes up to Gumball and tells him to come to the School Gym with him. Inside the gym, Darwin shows his brother a specially designed bully-proof suit of armor (which is really just a suit of cardboard boxes and an upside-down trash can). When Darwin decides to show off the suit's defensive abilities by beating Gumball with a hockey stick, they prove to be quite lackluster and the Gumball is in pain.

Gumball then tries to build self-confidence and convince himself that the fight will not be so bad, but he is soon proven wrong as his entire class will be watching him fight in the Schoolyard. Tina soon shows up, and the whole class runs away, leaving Gumball defenseless against her.

She immediately begins to chase after him, so he runs through the entire school while she chases him. In one of the hallways, Gumball sees Mr. Small in the doorway of his office in the distance and tells him to let him in. However, Mr. Small is still terrified of Tina, so he refuses and runs into his room, making Gumball run into his door.

Later that night, Gumball comes home with a black eye. Nicole asks where it came from, and Anais informs her that he has been being bullied by Tina. Nicole is instantly furious and she drives off to the Junkyard with her son to sort things out.

As soon as they enter the place, Tina sees Gumball and immediately starts to run towards him, but Nicole stops her and forces them both to make up while she speaks with Tina's father. Nicole attempts to reason with him but is incapable of doing so because Tina's father seems to not like reasoning, forcing Nicole to have to resort to physical means.

Elsewhere, Gumball remarks to Tina that her father seems pretty scary, and Tina says that Gumball's mother does as well. Gumball asks Tina if she was really bullying him, but she is shocked and tells him that she was just having fun. Gumball is relieved, and they both embrace in a friendly hug. Meanwhile, Nicole beats up Mr. Rex and his home, claiming that they finally came to an agreement as the house falls. The next day, Tina shoves Gumball face-first into his lunch again, but Gumball does not mind saying "Everything's just fine."

Continuity

This was the second episode in which Gumball meows. The first one is "The Picnic."

This is the first episode in which Gumball's and Nicole's heads are shown from the side. There are 5 scenes with such perspective (when Gumball is running away from the pool, when Nicole speaks during supper, when Gumball and Nicole arrive in the junkyard, when Nicole enters the hangar and finally when she leaves it).

This was the third time we saw Gumball's butt uncensored. The first was in "The Wand," and the second was in "The Meddler."

The same sundae that Darwin ate from "The Ghost" appears in the school cafeteria.

Cultural References

The scene where Darwin puts a helmet on Gumball is a reference to Star Wars Episode V: The Empire Strikes Back, where Darth Vader's helmet is put on in a similar manner.

Darwin's line, "Better! Faster! Stronger!" is a reference to the TV series The Six Million Dollar Man. In it, the narrator states that the titular character has been rebuilt to be "Better...stronger...faster."

Anais: Don't worry, bro, I'll take care of this for you. [Pulls out a large cell phone, and calls Tina] Hey Tina, you've been picking on my brother, and I think it's time you guys talk about this face to face!

Mister Small​: TINA REX?! [All of his colors fall off of his body, throws Gumball and Anais out of his office] DON'T TELL HER YOU SAW ME!

The Hallway

Anais: Well, that wasn't much help.

Tobias​: No way! Gumball's gonna fight Tina?

Idaho: She's gonna mash him!

Anton: He's toast!

Banana Joe: She's gonna skin him alive!

Tobias​: This will be the greatest fight eveeer!

Gumball: [Whispering] This is getting out of hand.

Anais: Don't worry, I'll fix this. [To everybody] Come on, what is wrong with you, guys? How many of you've being bullied by Tina? [Gumball's schoolmates mumble confused and raise their hands] Don't you realize we could all join forces and we can stand up to Tina once and for all? [Gumball's classmates mumble again, cheery music in the background] And no student will ever be bullied again!

Everybody: Yeah!

Anais: And also stop global warming!

Everybody: Yeah!

Anais: And bring peace to the world!

Everybody: Yeah!

Anais: And build schools for the dolphins and the rain forests so they can cure baldness!

Everybody: Yeah!

Gumball: Uh, Anais?

Anais: [Everyone carries her away] Sorry Gumball, the power's gone to my head! See you on Capitol Hill!

The School Gym

Darwin: [Puts the suit on Gumball, buzzes] Lookin' good. Now check this out! It's got bouncing rubber pants and has an MP3 player as standard! [Turns the MP3 player on, Gumball and Darwin dance] And that's not all: this string here operates the Super Counter Attack Device. [Gumball tries to use it] No, wait! You only got one shot, so you must wait for the right moment.

Gumball: Okay.

Darwin: And last, but not least: the tassels!

Gumball: What do these do?

Darwin: Move your arm around. [Gumball does it]

Gumball and Darwin: Oooooh, tassels!

Darwin: Ok, time to put it to the test! Ready?

Gumball: Ok!

[Darwin repeatedly hits Gumball with a hockey stick as Gumball screams in pain]

The Fight

[Scene changes to the school hall, where Gumball is doing The Bunny Hop, while Tina chases after him, and roars, and then Gumball runs through doors and on lockers, followed by Tina smashing through the doors and bumping her head into the same lockers]

Tina: Gumball, STOP RUNNING!

Juke: [Beatboxing]

Rocky: Dude, I've no idea what you're saying.

Gumball: [Cuts across Juke and Rocky] Sorry!

[Gumball then use a tray and glide through the canteen while Tina is still chasing him. Gumball screams and runs into the school swimming pool. An octopus was swimming inside the pool when Tina is chasing Gumball, and the octopus then squirts colorful ink. Gumball then comes out of the pool and runs away]

[Gumball then runs across the girls' room while the girls throw stuffs at him. Gumball climbs out of the window and Tina smashes her out of the room and roars. Gumball then enter another part of the hall and then use stuffs to block the door and runs away. Tina, however, smashes through the door and continues to chase after Gumball]

Banana Joe: Ha ha, scaredycat!

[Gumball then stops at Banana Joe, peel off his skin, and toss it to Tina, which she then slipped on it and fall onto another side of the hall. Gumball runs away while Banana Joe laughs at her, and then covers his naked self]

Gumball Mr. Small! Please... let me in!

Mister Small​: [Sees Tina chasing Gumball] TINA! NO!

Gumball: PLEASE! LET ME IN!

Mister Small​: NO!

Gumball: MR. SMALL!

Mister Small​: GO AWAY!

[Gumball rushes to the door of Mr. Small's door. However the door is closed and Gumball's face hits the door as the scene goes black]

Mom to the Rescue

[Scene changes to the Wattersons' dining room, where the whole family stares at Gumball during dinner. Gumball is then seen wearing sunglasses while having dinner]

Nicole: Would you mind removing your glasses when you're at the table?

Gumball: Err... yes? [Swallows food]

[Nicole sighs and removes Gumball's sunglasses, revealing that he has got a black eye]

Nicole: [Gasp] What happened to you?!

Gumball: I... ran into a door? [Smiles sheepishly]

Anais: That's not true, he's being bullied!

[The whole family stares at him. Scene then changes to the highway where Nicole is driving along with Gumball]

Gumball: Seriously, I did run into a door!

[Nicole stares at him angrily and accelerates her car. Scene then changes to the junkyard, where Tina lives. Nicole then stomps up to her house]

Gumball: [Chases after Nicole] Mom, calm down!

Nicole: I'M PERFECTLY CALM! I just need a word with Mr. Rex, Honeypie!

Tina: Gumball!

[Gumball gasps and Nicole stares in anger. Tina then rushes to Gumball]

Nicole: SIT!

Tina: [Stops and sits]

Nicole: You guys, make up!

[Nicole then opens up the doors of Mr. Rex's house]

Nicole: Mr. Rex.

[Mr. Rex stares at Nicole]

Nicole: Hi Mr. Rex! We need to talk about your daughter.

[Mr. Rex roars at Nicole]

Nicole: So it's gonna be like that, is it? [Push up her sleeves and stomps into Mr. Rex's house] Well that's fine by me! [Slams the doors shut]

[Scene changes to where Gumball and Tina are making up]

Gumball: Your dad is pretty scary.

Tina: So is your mom.

Gumball: Err, Tina, is it true that you're bullying me?

Tina: What? No. I thought we were just having fun.

Gumball: So, why were you chasing me?

Tina: I only wanted to speak to you, but you ran away!

[Scene changes to Mr. Rex's house as it is being thrashed by Nicole. Scene quickly changes back to where Gumball and Tina is]